Party General Secretary and State President To Lam arrived in the northern province of Phu Tho in the late afternoon of September 12 to inspect flood prevention and control efforts and to provide support and encouragement to residents affected by Typhoon Yagi and subsequent flooding.

Market access for agricultural products is a top priority for Vietnam and the US with significant progress made, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan told visiting the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis M. Taylor at their meeting in Hanoi on September 12.

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and State President Thongloun Sisoulith had separate meetings with former Vietnamese Presidents Nguyen Minh Triet and Truong Tan Sang in Ho Chi Minh City on September 12.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Organisation Commission led by its Vice Chairman Phan Thang An had a meeting with Boutsady Thanamueang, Vice Chairwoman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee's Organisation Commission as part of their working visit to Laos from September 10-12.

A US trade delegation of 100 participants, including 35 business representatives and officials from the departments of agriculture of nine states, is visiting Vietnam to explore cooperation opportunities between the two countries.

The launch ceremony for the Malaysian Cuisine and Cultural Week, titled "Taste of Malaysia," took place at the Hanoi Daewoo Hotel on September 12. This event is part of the celebrations for Malaysia's Independence Day (August 31) and Malaysia Day (September 16).

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on September 12 led a delegation to the northern province of Thai Nguyen to inspect the situation and direct activities to overcome consequences of super Typhoon Yagi and subsequent floods.

A delegation of the Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA), led by its Standing Chairman Nguyen Duc Loi, paid a courtesy call to Lao Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Vansy Kuamua, as part of its working trip to the neighbouring country from September 9-13.

A helicopter of Regiment 916 of the Air Defence-Air Force Service's Air Division 371 took off at Hoa Lac Airport in Hanoi September 12 to carry out rescue missions and transport essential supplies to flood-affected areas in Nguyen Binh district, of the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang.

The tourism sectors of Quang Nam, Da Nang, and Thua Thien-Hue collaborated to organise a programme in Melbourne, Australia, on August 11 to introduce tourism destinations in the central provinces.